Ptolemy World Map 1467
To my grandson.
My Dearest Declan,
Just this week for the first time, you escaped your play blanket on your own. Your mom and dad celebrated it by texting us all a … [Read more...]

After thirty-plus years of preaching sermons flow naturally. The rhythm of my week more or less moves between the banks of sermon preparation and sermon delivery. Sunday after church, I pop the … [Read more...]

Oh, Anne Sexton, I do love you so:
“…The trees poke out of sheets
and each branch wears the sock of God.
There is hope.
There is hope everywhere.
I bite it…
There is hope…Today God gives … [Read more...]

It is the morning after. The sun came up gilding tomorrow with hope or lacing your heart with despair. But what is the difference between hope, wishful thinking, or conversely, despair?
We need to … [Read more...]

I am out of the pulpit this week but an old friend asked me to send her a particular archive sermon, and so I am posting it. This has nothing to do with the lectionary readings for today and is out of … [Read more...]

A prayer attributed* to the late Roman Catholic archbishop of San Salvador, Oscar Romero, begins:
It helps, now and then, to step back and take the long view. The kingdom is not only beyond our … [Read more...]

This post appeared first in The Finger Lakes Times as an installment in the series, "Denim Spirit."
Two of my sisters married women and I had the privilege to perform both ceremonies. This is a little … [Read more...]

This post first appeared in The Finger Lakes Times (NY), in the weekly column, "Denim Spirit."
Last Saturday held one of those bewildering moments when the door on one dimension suddenly opens and … [Read more...]

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